Mat Smith – Page 9 – Electronic Sound

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Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Starship Troupers

byMat Smith

In the 1980s, a decade epitomised by big hair, outlandish outfits and believing your own press, nobody did it better than bizarro electro-rockers Sigue Sigue Sputnik, a band that viewed hyperbole as a badge of honour rather than an insult

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Twinkle3 ‘Minor Planets’ (Marionette)

byMat Smith

Twinkle3 is a trio of music journalist and shakuhachi player Clive Bell, plus seasoned improvisers Richard Scott and……

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Pram Of Dogs ‘Matter – Anti’ (Spirituals)

byMat Smith

Pram Of Dogs is the alias of London-based cinephile Joe Wilson, and ‘Matter – Anti’ is a soundtrack…

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Olivier Alary & Johannes Malfatti ‘u, i’ (130701)

byMat Smith

Some 15 years in the making, ‘u, i’ finds Montreal-based Olivier Alary and Berlin’s Johannes Malfatti composing a…

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Thurston Moore ‘By The Fire’ (The Daydream Library Series)

byMat Smith

This year started with Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore opening a record shop in his adopted home of…

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Lumiere ‘Phases’ (Bandcamp)

byMat Smith

Former guitar pop type Thanos Christodoulou switched to making modern classical music in 2015, releasing his first album…

PPulse

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Eve Maret

byMat Smith

Communications from pop/art frontline

UUnder The Influence

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Jah Wobble

byMat Smith

Drink, drugs, libraries and gardening… dub maestro Jah Wobble shares a few of his formative influences

TTime Machine

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The FLK

byMat Smith

The man behind The FLK’s sought-after 2011 ‘Chill Out’ homage, ‘We Know Where The Time Goes’, reveals all

PPulse

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St South

byMat Smith

From bedroom to mainstream